U-Min (Japanese poppers)

Hip hop dance

        Hip-hop dance refers to social or choreographed dance styles primarily danced to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture. This includes a wide range of styles notably breaking, locking, and popping which were developed in the 1970s by Black and Latino Americans.Internationally, hip-hop dance has had a particularly strong influence in France and South Korea.

 

Hip Hop Dance(Popping)

Popping is a dance style and one of the original funk styles of dance that came out of Fresno, CA in the 1970s. It is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop, tick or a hit. This is done continuously to the rhythm of a song in combination with various movements and poses. Popping is also used as an umbrella term to refer to a group of closely related illusionary dance styles and techniques that are often integrated with popping to create a more varied performance, but it is distinct from break-dancing, with which popping is often confused. A popping dancer is commonly referred to as a popper.
Like other styles of street dance, popping is often performed in a battle trying to outperform another dancer or group of dancers in front of a crowd. This gives room for improvisation and moves that are seldom seen in shows and performances (also referred to as freestyling). It also allows for interaction with the other contestants and spectators.

Hip Hop Dance (Locking)

Locking (originally Campbellocking) is a style of funk dance, which is today also associated with hip hop. The name is based on the concept of locking movements, which basically means freezing from a fast movement and "locking" in a certain position, holding that position for a short while and then continuing in the same speed as before. It relies on fast and distinct arm and hand movements combined with more relaxed hips and legs. The movements are generally large and exaggerated, and often very rhythmic and tightly synced with the music. Locking is quite performance oriented, often interacting with the audience by smiling or giving them a high five, and some moves are quite comical in nature. A dancer who performs locking is called a locker. Lockers commonly use a distinctive dress style, such as colorful clothing with stripes and suspenders
    Locking was originally danced to traditional funk music, such as James Brown. Funk music is still commonly favored by locking dancers, and used by many competitions such as the locking division of Juste Debout. Locking movements create a strong contrast towards the many fast moves that are otherwise performed quite continuously, combined with mime style performance and acting towards the audience and other dancers. Locking includes quite a lot of acrobatics and physically demanding moves, such as landing on one's knees and the split. These moves often require knee protection of some sort.

Breakdance

 B-boying, also known as breaking and commonly referred to as breakdancing, is a popular style of street dance that was created and developed as part of hip-hop culture among African Americans, and later on Latino youths in New York City. The dance consists of four primary elements: toprock, downrock, power moves and freezes/suicides. It is danced to both hip hop and other genres of music that are often remixed to prolong the musical breaks. The musical selection for b-boying is not restricted to hip-hop music, as long as the tempo and beat pattern conditions are met. A practitioner of this dance is called a b-boy, b-girl, or breaker. These dancers often participate in battles, formal or informal dance competitions between two individuals or two crews. Although the term "breakdance" is frequently used, "b-boying" and "breaking" are preferred by the majority of the art form's pioneers and most notable practitioners
Dance techniques.For more details on this topic, see List of breakdance moves.
There are four primary elements that form breaking. These include toprock, downrock, power moves, and freezes/suicides.A b-boy practicing downrock at a studio in Moscow.

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Championship

There are several international hip-hop dance competitions

1. Battle of the Year (BOTY) was started in Germany in 1990. It is exclusively a breaking competition for crews. There are several BOTY regional competitions that lead up to the final international championship that is always held in Braunschweig, Germany
2. B-Boy Summit is an international four day conference created in 1994 in San Diego, CA. The conference includes a breaking ce created in 1994 in San Diego, CA. The conference includes a breaking competition, panels, workshops, and a marketplace. The difference between the B-BoySummit and other hip-hop dance competitions is that the B-Boy Summit places a lot of emphasis on the history of hip-hop culture and the value of b-boys/b-girls across the world understanding the roots of where it     came from
3. UJK B-Boy Championships was started in 1996 in London. There are four world championship titles: breaking crew champions, solo b-boy champion, solo popping champion, and locking 2-on-2 champions.
4.  Freestyle Session was started in 1997 in southern California by graffiti writer and DJ Cros 1. It is the largest breaking competition in the United States. The main competitive event is for b-boy crews but there are also popping and locking competitions.
5. The Notorious IBE is a Dutch based international breaking competition founded in 1998 IBE is a non-traditional competition because there are no stages and no judges. Instead, there are timed competitive events that take place in large arena-style ciphers—circular dance spaces surrounded by observers—where the winners are determined by audience approval.
6. Hip Hop International: World Hip Hop Dance Championships is a hip-hop dance competition founded in 2000 in the United States where both crews and soloist compete.For hip-hop crews there are three divisions: junior (ages 7–12), varsity (12–18), and adult
7. Juste Debout is a street dance competition held annually in Paris, France since 2002. Competition categories include popping, new style (studio hip-hop dance), locking, house, and experimental
8. United Dance Organization: World Street Dance Championships is a hip-hop dance competition based in the UK that was started in 2002. People can compete as solo dancers, in duos, in quads (4 people), or in teams.
9. Red Bull BC One brings together the top 16 b-boys from around the world that are chosen by an international panel of experts. It was created in 2004 by Red Bull and is hosted in a different country every year.
10. R16 Korea is a South Korean based breaking competition started in 2007 by Asian Americans Charlie Shin and John Jay Chon. Like BOTY and Red Bull BC One put together, R16 is a competition for the top 16 ranked b-boy crews in the world.